[Federal Register: April 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 64)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Southeastern Power Administration
Proposed Rate Adjustment, Public Forum, and Opportunities for
Public Review and Comment for Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of
Projects
AGENCY: Southeastern Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rate.
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SUMMARY: Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to
revise existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale
of power from the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
effective for a 5-year period, October 1, 2007, through September 30,
2012. Additionally, opportunities will be available for interested
persons to review the present rates, the proposed rates and supporting
studies, to participate in a forum and to submit written comments.
Southeastern will evaluate all comments received in this process.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before July 3, 2007. A public
information and comment forum will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at 10
a.m., on May 10, 2007. Persons desiring to speak at the forum should
notify Southeastern at least three (3) days before the forum is
scheduled, so that a list of forum participants can be prepared. Others
may speak if time permits.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration, Department of Energy, 1166 Athens
Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. The public information and
comment forum for the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects
will be at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Airport/Millenium Center, 2301
Sullivan Road, College Park, Georgia 30337 (404) 766-0303.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Jourolmon, Assistant
Administrator, Finance & Marketing, Southeastern Power Administration,
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Department of Energy, 1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635,
(706) 213-3800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) by order issued November 3, 2004 (109 FERC Sec. 61,133),
confirmed and approved on a final basis Wholesale Power Rate Schedules
SOCO-1-B, SOCO-2-B, SOCO-3-B, SOCO-4-B, ALA-1-K, MISS-1-K, Duke-1-B,
Duke-2-B, Duke-3-B, Duke-4-B, Santee-1-B, Santee-2-B, Santee-3-B,
Santee-4-B, Pump-1-A, Pump-2, Regulation-1 and Replacement-1 applicable
to Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects' power for a
period ending September 30, 2007.
Discussion: Existing rate schedules are predicated upon a July 2003
repayment study and other supporting data contained in FERC Docket No.
EF03-3011-000. The current repayment study prepared in March 2007 shows
that existing rates are not adequate to recover all costs required by
present repayment criteria. Southeastern is proposing to establish
rates that will recoup these unrecovered costs.
A revised study with a revenue increase of $13,045,000 in fiscal
year 2008 and all future years over the current repayment study shows
that all costs are repaid within their service life. Therefore,
Southeastern is proposing to revise the existing rates to generate this
additional revenue. The increase is due to increased operating
expenses, including Corps Operation & Maintenance Expense and SEPA
Marketing Expense.
Southeastern is proposing the following rate schedules to be
effective for the period from October 1, 2007 through September 30,
2012.
Rate Schedule SOCO-1-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled
pursuant to contracts between the Government and Southern Company
Services, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule SOCO-2-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SOCO-3-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Southern Company Services,
Incorporated. The customer is responsible for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule SOCO-4-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida. The customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule ALA-1-L
Available to the Alabama Electric Cooperative, Incorporated.
Rate Schedule MISS-1-L
Available to the South Mississippi Electric Power Association to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contract between the Government
and Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Rate Schedule Duke-1-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to
contracts between the Government and Duke Power Company.
Rate Schedule Duke-2-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Duke-3-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina to whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts
between the Government and Duke Power Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Duke-4-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in North Carolina and
South Carolina served through the transmission facilities of Duke Power
Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-1-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Rate Schedule Santee-2-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule Santee-3-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Public Service Authority. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule Santee-4-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Public
Service Authority. The customer is responsible for providing a
scheduling arrangement with the Government and for providing a
transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-1-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled and scheduled pursuant to contracts between
the Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-2-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be wheeled pursuant to contracts between the Government
and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is responsible
for providing a scheduling arrangement with the Government.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-3-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina to
whom power may be scheduled pursuant to contracts between the
Government and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. The customer is
responsible for providing a transmission arrangement.
Rate Schedule SCE&G-4-C
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in South Carolina
served through the transmission facilities of South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company. The customer is responsible for providing a scheduling
arrangement with the Government and for providing a transmission
arrangement.
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Rate Schedule Pump-1-A
Available to all customers of the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to energy from pumping operations at the Carters
and Richard B. Russell projects.
Rate Schedule Pump-2
Available to public bodies and cooperatives who provide their own
scheduling arrangement and elect to allow Southeastern to use a portion
of their allocation for pumping.
Rate Schedule Regulation-1
Available to public bodies and cooperatives in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, or North Carolina to whom
regulation service is provided pursuant to contracts between the
Government and the customer.
Rate Schedule Replacement-1
Available to all customers in the Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina
System and applicable to replacement energy.
The proposed rates for capacity, energy, and generation services
are as follows:
Capacity: $3.75 per kw per month.
Energy: 9.43 mills per kwh.
Generation Services: $0.12 per kw per month.
Under this scenario, 75 per cent of generation revenues are recovered
from capacity sales and 25 per cent are recovered from energy sales.
These rates are expected to produce an average revenue increase of
$13.0 million in FY 2008 and all future years.
The rates for transmission, scheduling, reactive supply, and
regulation and frequency response apply to all four scenarios and are
illustrated in Table 1.
Southeastern Power Administration Proposed Rates for Transmission Scheduling, Reactive, and Regulation Charges
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Transmission Scheduling Reactive Regulation
Rate schedule charge $/KW/ charge $/KW/ charge $/KW/ charge $/KW/
month month month month
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SOCO-1-C........................................ 2.17 0.0806 0.11 0.0483
SOCO-2-C........................................ 2.17 N/A 0.11 N/A
SOCO-3-C........................................ N/A 0.0806 N/A 0.0483
SOCO-4-C........................................ N/A N/A N/A N/A
ALA-1-L......................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
MISS-1-L........................................ 2.25 N/A N/A N/A
Duke-1-C........................................ 0.87 N/A N/A N/A
Duke-2-C........................................ 0.87 N/A N/A N/A
Duke-3-C........................................ N/A N/A N/A N/A
Duke-4-C........................................ N/A N/A N/A N/A
Santee-1-C...................................... 1.06 N/A N/A N/A
Santee-2-C...................................... 1.06 N/A N/A N/A
Santee-3-C...................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
Santee-4-C...................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
SCE&G-1-C....................................... 0.85 N/A N/A N/A
SCE&G-2-C....................................... 0.85 N/A N/A N/A
SCE&G-3-C....................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
SCE&G-4-C....................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pump-1-A........................................ N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pump-2.......................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
Regulation-1.................................... N/A N/A N/A 0.05
Replacement-1................................... N/A N/A N/A N/A
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The referenced repayment studies are available for examination at
1166 Athens Tech Road, Elberton, Georgia 30635-6711. Proposed Rate
Schedules SOCO-1-C, SOCO-2-C, SOCO-3-C, SOCO-4-C, ALA-1-L, MISS-1-L,
Duke-1-C, Duke-2-C, Duke-3-C, Duke-4-C, Santee-1-C, Santee-2-C, Santee-
3-C, Santee-4-C, SCE&G-1-C, SCE&G-2-C, SCE&G-3-C, SCE&G-4-C, Pump-1-A,
Pump-2, Regulation-1, and Replacement-1 are also available.
Dated: March 26, 2007.
Jon C. Worthington,
Administrator.
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